Plants of the North Fork of the American River

Headwater plants.

water sedge 1
Carex aquatilis
long-bracted sedge 2
Carex athrostachya
threadleaf sedge 3
Carex filifolia
smooth-fruited sedge
Carex heteroneura
Jones' sedge 2
Carex jonesii
many-ribbed sedge 2
Carex multicostata
Sierra sedge 4
Carex nervina
black alpine sedge 5
Carex nigricans
Raynold's sedge 3
Carex raynoldsii
Ross's sedge 6
Carex rossii
Mount Shasta sedge 4
Carex straminiformis
foetid sedge 7
Carex vernacula
fringed cottongrass 8
Eriophorum crinigerum
ticklegrass 3
Agrostis scabra
mountain bentgrass 4
Agrostis variabilis
orcutt's brome 9
Bromus orcuttianus
Suksdorf's Brome 4
Bromus suksdorfii
Cheat Grass 1
Bromus tectorum
bluejoint 3
Calamagrostis canadensis
orchard grass 3
Dactylis glomerata
annual hairgrass 10
Deschampsia danthonioides
slender hair grass 3
Deschampsia elongata
squirreltail 3
Elymus elymoides
blue wild rye 3
Elymus glaucus
slender wheatgrass 11
Elymus trachycaulus
Meadow barley 3
Hordeum brachyantherum
california barley
Hordeum brachyantherum californicum
perennial ryegrass 3
Lolium perenne
rock melic 3
Melica stricta
Kentucky Bluegrass 3
Poa pratensis
Pine bluegrass 3
Poa secunda
California oat grass 12
Danthonia californica
one-spike oat grass 3
Danthonia unispicata
pull-up muhly 13
Muhlenbergia filiformis
fowl manna grass 3
Glyceria elata
ridged manna grass 14
Glyceria striata
tall trisetum 15
Trisetum canescens
greenheaded rush 7
Juncus chlorocephalus
drummond's rush 3
Juncus drummondii
mexican rush 16
Juncus mexicanus
straightleaved rush 8
Juncus orthophyllus
parry's rush
Juncus parryi
Pacific woodrush 17
Luzula comosa
Donner woodrush 4
Luzula subcongesta

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